For quantities check alibaba. 

-Jerry

> On Aug 1, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Sova <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, Paul linked to a signal generator on Ebay for $70 with freq. counter.   
> I just looked to see if you could buy them in 10 packs for cheaper but it 
> doesn’t look like they are any cheaper than just getting singles off Ebay.
>  
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/10MHz-DDS-Function-Signal-Generator-Carrier-Debugging-Source-Frequency-Counter-/281310662043?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417f6c0d9b
>  
> Sova
>  
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nathan McCorkle
> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 3:23 PM
> To: A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland, or)
> Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] Looking for input on oscilloscope
>  
> What eBay item for $70? A signal generator?
> 
> On Aug 1, 2014 2:43 PM, "Sova" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I sort of came to the same conclusion that having two separate tools would 
> probably be more convenient than one box.  Like you said, if it were $100 
> then that would make sense but there is other options for $250-$350 range.  
> That cheap $70 unit on EBay is interesting.  I don’t know I need a generator 
> at this moment but that seems like it might be worth considering.  The 
> frequency counter might be nice but I have one in my DMM right now.  If there 
> was interest we might be able to do a group buy of them direct from China and 
> get the price down to $50 a piece even.
>  
> Sova
>  
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Stoffregen
> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 5:25 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] Looking for input on oscilloscope
>  
>  
> Also I noticed that the Rigol model he mentioned comes with an optional 
> function generator for $250 more [Model DS1074Z-S] which might save money 
> over buying one separately.
> 
> Something to consider with built-in extras is the shared user interface.  On 
> a scope, you'll access this stuff using the menus, which are already packed 
> with tons of scope features.  Budget scopes have lots of crafty ways to share 
> knobs, like only 1 set of vertical controls among all channels & math.  It 
> usually works pretty well, with only minor inconvenience for saving a lot of 
> $$$, but those menus do tend to get pretty crowded.
> 
> With a dedicated function gen, you get a big knob to vary the amplitude 
> and/or frequency, buttons to change waveform and settings, and usually a 
> display that shows what it's doing.  The controls are optimized for the 
> function generator features, which makes using it quite a bit easier and more 
> natural than a function generator shoehorned into the scope's menu system.
> 
> If it were under $100, of course the decision would be easy.  There are many 
> dedicated DDS function generators in the $250 to $350 range, and a lot of 
> used gear well under $250.  If you only need basic signals at modest 
> frequency and you don't need the frequency stability of DDS, there are a lot 
> of old/used but good quality analog function generators under $70.
> 
> There's also some really cheap DDS stuff out there now, which might actually 
> work?  If anyone actually takes a chance buying these, or already has one, 
> I'd be really curious to play with it sometime at a Monday meetup.
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/10MHz-DDS-Function-Signal-Generator-Carrier-Debugging-Source-Frequency-Counter-/281310662043?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417f6c0d9b
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/2MHz-Dual-Channel-DDS-Function-Signal-Generator-Sine-Square-Wave-Sweep-Counter-/111407197529?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19f062ed59
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/2MHz-DDS-Function-Signal-Generator-Frequency-Counter-Square-Wave-Sweep-BNC-TTL-/281295638078?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417e86ce3e#
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